Andrea Chiesi Born the 6th of November 1966 in Modena, Italy, lives and works in San Pancrazio (Mo) Residence in Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. (2010) and Berlin, Germany (2011). Winner of the prizes: Gotham Prize, Italian Cultural Institute New York (2012); I Terna Prize, Rome (2008); V Cairo Editore Prize, Milan (2004), XXXVIII Suzzara Prize, Suzzara Mn (1998). www.andreachiesi.it www.facebook.com/AndreaChiesiOfficial Solo Shows 2015 City of God, curated by Shao Kangchunzi e Mian Bu, Being3 Gallery, Beijing, China. 2014 19 Paintings-­‐19 Poems, Italian Cultural Institute in New York, New York, U.S.A., catalogue with Giorgio Casali poems. 2012 Winner of Gotham Prize, Italian Cultural Institute in New York. Disappears, Paggerie of Ducal Palace, Sassuolo, catalogue with text by Mario Bertoni. 2011 Perpetuum Mobile, X-­‐LAB, Berlin, Germany, catalogue with texts by Paola Verde and Rossella Moratto. I Reflect, Guidi&Schoen Contemporary Art, Genoa. Coney Island, Artesucarte, Modena, with a text by Franco Fanelli. 2009 Beyond Time, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, U.S.A., catalogue with a text by Gabriele Sassone. Community Memories, D406 Contemporary Art, Modena, catalogue with text by Mario Bertoni. Praise of Shadow, Otto Gallery, Bologna, catalogue with a text by Franco Fanelli. 2008 Winner of I Premio Terna (Megawatt). Kryptoi, Corsoveneziaotto Contenporary Art, Milan, catalogue with a text by Gianni Romano. 2007 Kali Yuga, Guidi &Schoen Contemporary Art, Genoa, catalogue with a text by Maurizio Sciaccaluga. 2006 The Joy Division, Allegretti Contemporary Art, Torino, catalogue with interview by Luca Beatrice. 2005 Black, Corsoveneziaotto Contemporary Art, Milan, catalogue with texts by Luca Beatrice and Marco Rainò. 2004 Winner of V Premio Cairo Communication. Thule/Altrove, La Fabbrica Foundation, Losone/Locarno, Switzerland. Home, Otto Gallery, Bologna, catalogue with texts by Luca Beatrice and Simona Vinci. Thule, Lipanjepuntin Contemporary Art, Trieste, catalogue with texts by Luca Beatrice, Fernando Castro Florez and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto. 2002 S.P.K., Luciano Inga-­‐Pin Gallery, Milan. Generaztion 2, S.Margherita Palace, Civic Gallery, Modena, catalogue with a text by Alberto Fiz. 2001 Moloch, Lipanjepuntin Artecontemporanea, Trieste. 8 Artists, 8 Critics, 8 Rooms, Villa Rose, Modern Art Gallery, Bologna, catalogue with text by Valeria Tassinari. 2000 In Book Form, Luigi Poletti Library, Modena, catalogue with texts by Luca Beatrice and Carlo Alberto Bucci. G.R.U., Maurizio Corraini Gallery, Mantua, catalogue with a text by Luca Beatrice. 1999 Open Space, Modern Art Gallery, Bologna, catalogue with text by Luca Beatrice. 1998 Winner of XXXVIII Suzzara Prize.. The Apocalypse of John, S. Peter Cloisters, Reggio Emilia, catalogue with texts by Luca Beatrice, Valerio Dehò and Giovanni Lindo Ferretti. No Tears, Sergio Tossi Gallery, Prato, catalogue with a text by Gianluca Molinari. Galerie Nichel, Seebruck, Germany. 1997 Touch Me, ES Gallery, Torino, catalogue with texts by Luca Beatrice and Giovanni Lindo Ferretti. 1995 Notebooks, Rossanaferri Gallery, Modena, catalogue with a text by Mario Quesada. Group Shows 2015 Biennale Italia-­‐Cina, long life Elisir, curated by Sandro Orlandi and Mian Bu, Mastio della Cittadella, Turin. On canvas and on wood, curated by Camillo Langone and Vittorio Sgarbi,Pio Alferano Foundation, Castellabate Castle(Sa). BIO-­‐Logical Art evolution, curated by Roberta Macchia, Italia Pavillion, EXPO Milan 2015. The famous artists invasion in Milan, curated by Luca Beatrice and Ivan Quaroni, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milan. Imago Mundi, new art map, curated by Luciano Benetton, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation,Turin; Cini Foundation, Venice. Heterogenesis form, curated by Alberto Mattia Martini, Platamone Palace, Catania. Close Up, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Collicola Palace, Spoleto. Paint!, Guidi&Schoen Contemporary Art, Genoa. Praline, curated by Sergio Mandelli e Ly Thi Thanh Thao, Tadino Space, Milan. Contemporary Italian Painters, Federico Bianchi Gallery, Milan. 2014 Italy-­‐ China Biennial, curated by Sandro Orlandi, 798 Art Zone District, Beijing, China. The Furious Orlando, curated by Sandro Parmiggiani, Palace Magnani Foundation, Reggio Emilia; The New City-­‐portraits of cities, curated by Flaminio Gualdoni, Villa Olmo, Como. Spring Break Show, Guidi&Schoen Contemporary Art, Genoa. Double Dream, curated by Luca Beatrice, Chiablese Palace, Royal Palace, Turin. 2013 Why should I buy this work?, Italian Cultural Institute in New Delhi, India. Sunny with a chance of darkness, Guidi&Schoen Contemporary Art, Genoa. 90 Artists for a Flag, curated by Sandro Parmiggiani, Military Academy, Modena; Vittoriale Palace, Rome. The Last Show, curated by Paola Verde, X-­‐Lab Corrosive Art Farm, Berlin, Germany. Light and Color, curated by Salvo Daniele Torrisi, Catania Art Gallery, Catania. 2012 The Italian Job, Galeria Patricia Acal, Madrid. Dissonances, Antonio Stellatelli Collection,, curated by Nico Sandri, Palace of Reason, Verona. Subterranean Modern, curated by Giacomo Spazio, The Don Gallery, The Bodywork, Milan. Elsewhere, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, Catania Art Gallery, Catania. Berlin as New York, Rubin Gallery, Milan. Cranioscopia,, curated by Alberto Zanchetta. Rubin Gallery, Milan. Personal Effects, Esprit Nouveau Pavilion, Bologna. MIC, n.3 Real Estate, Undo-­‐Redo Studio, Paris, France. Ten, Guidi&Schoen Contemporary Art, Genoa. MM, curated by Alberto Zanchetta, Miomao Gallery, Perugia. 2011 LIV Venice Biennial, Italia Pavillion, Emilia Romagna, Pigorini Palace, Parma, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. XLIV Vasto Prize, Aragona Palace , Vasto, curated by Sandro Parmiggiani. Art Waving, via Krupp, Capri, curated by Rosanna Chiessi. Eleazar, Corsoveneziaotto Gallery, Milan, curated by Alberto Zanchetta. (Earth), Collicola Palace, Spoleto, curated by Gianluca Marziani. Brothers of Italy, Maniero Gallery, Rome, curated byManuela Alessandra Filippi. An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MassMoCa, Brooklyn,U.S.A. curated by Regine Basha. The Drawings Collection,, Civic Gallery, Modena, curated by Marco Pierini. 2010 South Africa 2010, Graham’s Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa. Pages from a Fantasy Bestiary, Civic Gallery Modena, curated by Silvia Ferrari and Serena Goldoni. 2009 Ad librandum, painted and art books, Andrea Contemporary Art Vicenza, curated by Alberto Zanchetta. Connectivity 01, Terna Prize for Contemporary Art, Chelsea Art Museum, New York. Plenitudini, Contemporary and Modern Art Gallery, San Marino, curated by Alberto Zanchetta. Hundred in Round, Mandelli Contemporary Art, Seregno, Milan, curated by Sergio Mandelli. Artabù, Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni, curated by Salvatore Colantuoni. Cromofobie, Ex Aurum, Pescara, curated by Silvia Pegoraro. 2008 Cadeau n.17 Darkallure, Vetusta Studio, Modena, curated by Patrizia Silingardi. Crazy, Criminal, Artists, Corsoveneziaotto Contemporary Art, Milan. The Spider Strategy, Emmeotto Gallery, Rome, curated by Gianluca Marziani. Premio Terna 01 Contemporary Art, Exhibition Palace, Rome. Italia Viva!, Penna Palace, Perugia, curated by Luca Beatrice. Pencil Novels, Azimut Space, Torino, curetd by Olga Gambari. Something of Personal, Room Shouts, Borsa Palace, Genoa curated by Alice Cammisuli and Cinzia Compalati. Allarms!, De Cristoforis Barrack, Como, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Alessandro Trabucco and Alberto Zanchetta. Sensible Architectures, Rivara Castle, Torino, curated by Davide Oddenino. Not so private, galleries in Bologna, Villa Rose, GAM, Bologna. 2007 Binomials, Formigine Castle (Mo), curated by Nadia Raimondi. To be Continued…, Fabbria Borroni, Bollate (Mi), curated by Chiara Canali. New Reality Painters, PAC Contemporary Art Pavilion Milan; LVIII Michetti Prize, New Realisms, Michetti Foundation, Francavilla al Mare (CH), curated by Alessandro Riva. Italian Art, 1968-­‐2007, Royal Palace, Milan, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi and Maurizio Sciaccaluga. Horizon Lines, Modern Art Gallery, Nervi, Genoa, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga and Maria Flora Giubilei. Is there anybody out there?, Lipanjepuntin Contemporary Art, Trieste. Arterritory. Art and Territory, Montemartini, Powers Rome, a curated by Dominique Lora. 2006 No Family, Promotrice Palace, Torino, curated by Laura Carcano. Sound&Vision, Penna Palace, Perugia, curated by Luca Beatrice. The Manufactures, Sismondo Castle, Rimini, curated by Mariastella Margozzi, Luigi Martini, Antonello Negri. Sovereign European Art Prize, Bonhams; City Inn Westminster, London, U.K. 2005 As Snow at the Sea, Guidi&Schoen Contemporary Art, Genoa, curated by Luca Beatrice. The Saint Alliance, Annovi Contemporary Art, Sassuolo, curated by Luca Beatrice and Maurizio Sciaccaluca. Doll Artists, 33 Maestros for Unicef, curated by Silvia Evangelisti, Valli Theatre, Reggio Emilia. Getsemani, Andrea Contemporary Art, Vicenza, curated by Alberto Zanchetta. No Place Like Home, Remo Gaibazzi Association, Parma, curated by Federica Bianconi. Urbana, The Metallic City, Territory Museum, Biella, curated by Olga Gambari. XXIX Biennial Aldo Roncaglia, S. Felice s/P (Mo), curated by Michele Fuoco. Reflex, Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Holland, curated by Lia and Lex Daniels. Contemporary Bologna 1975-­‐2005, Modern Art Gallery, Bologna, curated by Peter Weiermaier. Contemporary Italian Landscape, Gubbio Ducal Palace, curated by Marco Meneguzzo. On the Road, the Art in Public Spaces, Teramo, curated by Umberto Palestrini. Clip’it, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, Torino; British School at Rome, Rome, curated by Luca Beatrice. Art&Anarchy, Libera Social Space, Marzaglia (Modena). Black Opera, 2000&Novecento, Reggio Emilia, curated by Marisa Vescovo 20x20, Galerie Beukers, Rotterdam, Holland. The 9th of january 1950, Museum Palace, Modena, curated by Carla Barbieri. 2004 V Cairo Prize Communication, Permanente Palace, Milan. Vernice,Young Italian Paintings Paths, Villa Manin Contemporary Art, Passariano (Udine) curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto. Robinson, Human and Natural Geographies, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (Perugia) curated by Maurizio Coccia. A Dream Pillow, Kultfabrik, Munchen, Germany, curated by Rosanna Chiessi. Middle Age near future, Pretorio Palace, Certaldo (Arezzo) curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga. Cluedo, Murder in Cathedral, S. Ignazio, Arezzo, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga. Preview Quadriennial, Promotrice Belle Arti, Torino, curated by Luca Beatrice. 2003 From Italy, Lipanjepuntin Artecontemporanea, Trieste; Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (Perugia) Art Forum, Berlin, Germany, curated by Renato and Mauro Bianchini. Italian Papers, European Union, various locations, Bruxelles, curated by Pino Casagrande. The Life in the shapes, S.Margherita Palace, Civic Gallery, Modena, curated by Walter Guadagnini and Silvia Ferrari. Peripheries become the center, Prague Biennale, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, curated by Luca Beatrice, Lauri Firstenberg and Helena Kontova. Young Italian Genome, Buia Gallery, New York, curated by Gianluca Marziani. Italian Balck and White, Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudima 2, Berlin, Germany, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva. Melting Pop, Papesse Palace, Siena, curated by Gianluca Marziani. High environmental impact, S. Domenico Cloiters, Reggio Emilia, curated by Marinella Paderni. 2002 Four Ways, Modern Art Gallery, Udine, curated by Luca Beatrice. Bye Bye Baby, Gian Carla Zanutti Gallery, Milan, curated by Luca Beatrice. 301.302 kmq. Alessandro Bagnai Gallery, Florence, curated by Luca Beatrice. Towards the Future, Italian Art Identity 1990 – 2002, Corso Museum, Rome, curated by Ludovico Pratesi and Costantino D’Orazio. A Factor, Borromini Gallery, Ozzano Monferrato; Studio Legale Gallery, Caserta, curated by Luca Beatrice and Marco Rainò. Future Visions, Provincial Museum, Potenza, curated by Massimo Lovisco and Luigi Telesca. B/N, Luciano Inga-­‐Pin Gallery, Milan. 2001 Noise, Galleria Pack, Milan, curated by Luca Beatrice. Pay Attention, Please, MAN Contemporary Art Museum, Nuoro, curated by Luca Beatrice, Fernando Castro Florez and Cristiana Collu. S.A.A, Giancarla Zanutti Gallery, Milan, curated by Luca Beatrice. 2000 Sui Generis, PAC Contemporary Art Pavillion, Milan, curated by Alessandro Riva. The Suspended Space, O.G.R. Workshops Major Repairs, Torino, curated by Aurora Fornuto and Carlo Gubetti. Periscope 2000, Stelline Palace, Milan, curated by Paolo Campiglio, Angela Madesani, Francesco Tedeschi. 1999 About Painting, Sarcinelli Palace, Conegliano, curated by Gianluca Marziani. Painting 0 – 40 The Art Temperature , Pari & Dispari Gallery, Reggio Emilia, curated by Rosanna Chiessi. Italian Landscapes, Virgilian Museum, Virgilio (Mantua), curated by Carlo Alberto Bucci. 1998 The New Italian Portrait, Consolo Space, Milan, curated by Alessandro Riva. XXXVIII Suzzara Prize, Municipal Art Gallery, Suzzara, curated by Mario Cadalora, Giannino Giovannoni, Antonello Negri and Marco Rosci. So sorry a Hedgehog said…, Pio Monti Gallery, Rome, curated by Luca Beatrice. The Diary Sign, Il Segno Gallery, Rome, curated by Carlo Alberto Bucci. 1997 Wildcats, Municipal Gallery, Capo d’Orlando, curated by Luca Beatrice. Aperto ’97, Trevi Flash Art Museum,Trevi, curated by Luca Beatrice. Locus Amoenus, Canalis Palace, Cumiana, curated by Francesca Comisso. 1995 MAPP, Paolo Pini Art Museum, Milan. 1993 Recent Acquisitions, Contemporary Drawing Collection, Modena, curated by Maria Giovanna Battistini and Piero Deggiovanni.